PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A Michigan food entrepreneur claims the “Little Dipper” condiment package he patented in 1997 led H.J. Heinz Co. to develop its Dip & Squeeze ketchup packets, which it rolled out in February 2010, lawyers in opening statements told a federal court jury in Pittsburgh on Monday.

Shares of Kraft Foods Group Inc. soared after 3G Capital agreed to acquire the consumer food and beverage company and merge it with recently acquired H.J. Heinz Co. with the help of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. But it’s not the only name in the space that may benefit.

Lloyd Brown-John Depending on who you consult, estimates range anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 manufacturing jobs were lost in Ontario over the past decade. In the last few months alone plant closure announcements have been a soft deluge as announcements […]

Economic development officials in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent are trying to talk to every Heinz supplier to get a better idea of the overall impact of the Heinz plant closure next year and how to help those related businesses survive.

I don’t know about impossible, but given that it’s taken almost 20 years to churn out five instalments of this series – something the early Bond franchise managed in six years, and the 1960s M:I TV show in just six weeks – these missions are certainly a lot of work